Comley wants a public hearing regarding safety and evacuation plans for the nuclear facility, and he’s visiting several Massachusetts communities near the plant – including Newburyport, Amesbury, Salisbury, Newbury, West Newbury, Merrimac, Georgetown and Ipswich – to make it happen.

Comley has also been pushing the facility and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about what he says are substandard parts used in the plant, and has been in contact with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey about his efforts. Comley hopes his effort will have a "rumbling effect" for nuclear plants nationwide.

"I want a hearing called [by the NRC] for first responders to have an opportunity to testify whether they believe the Seabrook nuclear plant can be evacuated timely and safely during the summer months, including July 4 and Labor Day," Comley said.

And he’s been making progress.

After speaking with Comley, the Board of Selectmen in Ipswich this month wrote a letter to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board in Washington D.C., urging for a public hearing on an evacuation plan in the event of a nuclear catastrophe at the plant.

"Given the importance of an effective evacuation plan, we believe a public hearing on the issue will provide your commission the opportunity to not only address the issues Mr. Comley has raised, but also to explain in more detail how the approved plan is designed to work, thus preventing any misinformation from creating concern or alarm with residents within the 10-mile radius," the letter reads.

Earlier this month, former New Hampshire state Rep. Roberta Pevear wrote a letter to Healey endorsing Comley's effort.

In April, Comley spoke to the Georgetown Board of Selectmen, which voted 3-1 to send a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission calling for a public hearing on an evacuation plan.

Most of the communities he’s visited – with Georgetown and Ipswich being the exception – sit within the plant’s 10-mile radius evacuation zone. Comley said he picked Georgetown and Ipswich because he believes a 10-mile evacuation zone is insufficient.

"A lot of people are very familiar with the fact that when Chernobyl happened [in Ukraine in 1986], the plumes from the accident came as far as Vermont, and it affected our cows’ milk in Vermont," Comley said. "When Fukushima [nuclear plant in Japan] blew up in 2011, it affected the air here in Massachusetts.

"So there are a lot of people who don’t believe the industry, or the NRC, when they tell us that we’re safe if we’re outside the magic 10-mile radius," he continued. "It’s a joke."

For the past couple years, the Massachusetts and New Hampshire legislatures have in fact been considering legislation to expand the evacuation zone to 50 miles.

Comley has been going after the Seabrook facility for decades. In 1987, he formed We the People, a nuclear safety advocacy group.

"We aren’t against nuclear power, as long as your plant is safe," Comley said. "If it isn’t safe, we want it shut down."

And if Seabrook can’t prove that they can evacuate the area safely during the summer months, Comley said, that facility should be shut down immediately.

Comley’s family has been in the nursing home business for 80 years. His son, Stephen Comley II, owns and operates the Seaview Retreat, and assisted living facility in Rowley. Comley Sr. himself can’t own it because he has over $1 million in court contempt fines (the fines are for not confirming or denying the existence of taped conversations, which are illegal without consent in Massachusetts but are legal in Washington D.C.).

Comley ran for president as a Republican in the New Hampshire primary in 2016, garnering just 31 votes statewide. But he’s running again in 2020, he said, and he thinks he’ll win not just the primary but the whole election.

"You know how many staff I have? Two. Me and Jesus Christ," Comley said, noting he can always count on Jesus.